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levitin effect

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English

Syllables
lev-it-in -ef-fect
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The phenomenon whereby people, even those without musical training, tend to remember songs in the correct key.

Etymology

First documented by Daniel J. Levitin in 1994.

Inflected Forms

the Levitin effect (canonical)

Questions

What does levitin effect mean?
The phenomenon whereby people, even those without musical training, tend to remember songs in the correct key.
Where does levitin effect come from?
First documented by Daniel J. Levitin in 1994.

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